HJAR Jan/Feb 2020

60 JAN / FEB 2020  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS Hospital Rounds An Accredited Chest Pain Center’s (CPC) evi- dence-based, protocol-driven and systematic approach to cardiac patient care allows clinicians to reduce time to treatment during the critical early stages of a heart attack. Accredited facilities have been shown to better monitor patients when it is not initially clear whether or not a patient is having a coronary event. Such monitoring ensures patients are neither sent home too early nor need- lessly admitted. NYITCOM’s Byrd Takes First Place in Poster Competition at National Convention Katherine Byrd, a third-year medical student at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine-Arkansas, won first place in the research student poster competition at the national Osteopathic Medical Education Confer- ence (OMED) held last week in Baltimore. Byrd’s poster was titled, ““Developing a ‘Migraneous’ Rat Model to Evaluate the Efficacy and Mechanisms of OMT on Migraine Relief.” The poster detailed Byrd’s current research involv- ing Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) to treat migraines in rats. Byrd is studying the effects of OMM on migraine sufferers and exam- ining how the treatment works. OMM is the ther- apeutic application of manual pressure or force that osteopathic physicians use to treat structural or functional issues in the bones, joints, tissues, and muscles of the body. Byrd’s first-place finish came in a competition featured approximately 100 entries from osteo- pathic medical students from across the United States. OMED, which hosted the competition, is the American Osteopathic Association’s annual conference that thousands of osteopathic physi- cians and medical students attend. “This is an incredible honor and we couldn’t be prouder of Student Doctor Byrd,” said Shane Speights, DO, dean of NYITCOM-Arkansas. “Medical research is an important tenant of our college, and we’re very honored to see one of our students receive such prestigious recognition for their tremendous work.” Byrd, who is from Athens, Tenn., is currently participating in NYITCOM’s Academic Medicine Scholars program. Academic Scholars step away from their clinical education for one year during medical school to gain supervised research and teaching experience. NYITCOM’s Academic Scholars spend five years in medical school as opposed to the traditional four, and they gradu- ate with a Master’s degree in Neuromusculoskel- etal Sciences in addition to their doctor of osteo- pathic medicine (DO) degree. “The goal of the study is to advocate for the mechanism of OMM and provide robust evi- dence basis for the treatment, which clinically shows improved quality of life in people who have migraines,” Byrd said. “I’m extremely honored to be recognized at a competition that featured the brightest medical students in the country. It’s very humbling.” Northwest Physicians’ Specialty Hospital awarded Hospital Accreditation from The Joint Commission Northwest Health Physicians’ Specialty Hospi- tal has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospital Accreditation by dem- onstrating continuous compliance with its per- formance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organiza- tion’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. Northwest Health Physicians’ Specialty Hospi- tal underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review on Oct. 1. During the visit, a team of Joint Katherine Byrd, a third-year medical student at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine-Arkansas, won first place in the research student poster competition at the national Osteopathic Medical Education Conference (OMED) held last week in Baltimore.

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